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Docker vs ElasticBox

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Overview

Docker
Docker
Stacks194.2K
Followers143.8K
Votes3.9K
ElasticBox
ElasticBox
Stacks8
Followers10
Votes1

Docker vs ElasticBox: What are the differences?

Developers describe Docker as "Enterprise Container Platform for High-Velocity Innovation". The Docker Platform is the industry-leading container platform for continuous, high-velocity innovation, enabling organizations to seamlessly build and share any application — from legacy to what comes next — and securely run them anywhere. On the other hand, ElasticBox is detailed as "Develop, deploy and manage applications on any cloud". Configure and deploy applications using CM tools like Docker, Chef, and Puppet. Your application is fully mobile across all major cloud environments because it’s decoupled from underlying cloud infrastructure.

Docker can be classified as a tool in the "Virtual Machine Platforms & Containers" category, while ElasticBox is grouped under "Deployment as a Service".

Some of the features offered by Docker are:

  • Integrated developer tools
  • open, portable images
  • shareable, reusable apps

On the other hand, ElasticBox provides the following key features:

  • deployment
  • development, instance management, collaboration
  • environment management

Docker is an open source tool with 54K GitHub stars and 15.6K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Docker's open source repository on GitHub.

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Advice on Docker, ElasticBox

Florian
Florian

IT DevOp at Agitos GmbH

Oct 22, 2019

Decided

lxd/lxc and Docker aren't congruent so this comparison needs a more detailed look; but in short I can say: the lxd-integrated administration of storage including zfs with its snapshot capabilities as well as the system container (multi-process) approach of lxc vs. the limited single-process container approach of Docker is the main reason I chose lxd over Docker.

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Detailed Comparison

Docker
Docker
ElasticBox
ElasticBox

The Docker Platform is the industry-leading container platform for continuous, high-velocity innovation, enabling organizations to seamlessly build and share any application — from legacy to what comes next — and securely run them anywhere

Configure and deploy applications using CM tools like Docker, Chef, and Puppet. Your application is fully mobile across all major cloud environments because it’s decoupled from underlying cloud infrastructure.

Integrated developer tools; open, portable images; shareable, reusable apps; framework-aware builds; standardized templates; multi-environment support; remote registry management; simple setup for Docker and Kubernetes; certified Kubernetes; application templates; enterprise controls; secure software supply chain; industry-leading container runtime; image scanning; access controls; image signing; caching and mirroring; image lifecycle; policy-based image promotion
deployment; development, instance management, collaboration; environment management; continuous integration; debugging; orchestrated application updates; configuration management integration
Statistics
Stacks
194.2K
Stacks
8
Followers
143.8K
Followers
10
Votes
3.9K
Votes
1
Pros & Cons
Pros
  • 823
    Rapid integration and build up
  • 692
    Isolation
  • 521
    Open source
  • 505
    Testa­bil­i­ty and re­pro­ducibil­i­ty
  • 460
    Lightweight
Cons
  • 8
    New versions == broken features
  • 6
    Documentation not always in sync
  • 6
    Unreliable networking
  • 4
    Moves quickly
  • 3
    Not Secure
Pros
  • 1
    Greate integration using Jenkins plugin
Integrations
Java
Java
Docker Compose
Docker Compose
VirtualBox
VirtualBox
Linux
Linux
Amazon EC2 Container Service
Amazon EC2 Container Service
Docker Swarm
Docker Swarm
boot2docker
boot2docker
Kubernetes
Kubernetes
Docker Machine
Docker Machine
Vagrant
Vagrant
GitHub
GitHub
Elasticsearch
Elasticsearch
Puppet Labs
Puppet Labs
Chef
Chef
Jenkins
Jenkins
Ruby
Ruby
Rails
Rails
MySQL
MySQL
MongoDB
MongoDB
CouchDB
CouchDB

What are some alternatives to Docker, ElasticBox?

Octopus Deploy

Octopus Deploy

Octopus Deploy helps teams to manage releases, automate deployments, and operate applications with automated runbooks. It's free for small teams.

LXD

LXD

LXD isn't a rewrite of LXC, in fact it's building on top of LXC to provide a new, better user experience. Under the hood, LXD uses LXC through liblxc and its Go binding to create and manage the containers. It's basically an alternative to LXC's tools and distribution template system with the added features that come from being controllable over the network.

AWS CodeDeploy

AWS CodeDeploy

AWS CodeDeploy is a service that automates code deployments to Amazon EC2 instances. AWS CodeDeploy makes it easier for you to rapidly release new features, helps you avoid downtime during deployment, and handles the complexity of updating your applications.

LXC

LXC

LXC is a userspace interface for the Linux kernel containment features. Through a powerful API and simple tools, it lets Linux users easily create and manage system or application containers.

Distelli

Distelli

Build, test, and deploy your code from GitHub and BitBucket (or no repository at all) to any server in the world regardless of provider. Distelli customers iterate and ship faster with complete transparency.

rkt

rkt

Rocket is a cli for running App Containers. The goal of rocket is to be composable, secure, and fast.

Launchdeck

Launchdeck

Deploy code from git to your server the fast and easy way. Launchdeck is our answer to the complicated process of deployment. It’s an automated deployment tool with a super-clear user interface and various smart features.

Laravel Forge

Laravel Forge

Provision, host, and deploy PHP applications on AWS, DigitalOcean, and Linode.

Vagrant Cloud

Vagrant Cloud

Vagrant Cloud pairs with Vagrant to enable access, insight and collaboration across teams, as well as to bring exposure to community contributions and development environments.

YouWare

YouWare

Is an all-in-one AI coding platform that allows you build apps and websites by chatting with AI. YouWare enables full-stack code generation and deployment with a shareable URL instantly. no code, no setup, no hassle.

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